Gold & Commodities

Why fossil fuels are the best way to play net zero

With much of the developed world now committed to net zero, the hunt is on for how investors should play the theme. After all, we’re…

Why gold is the go-to in a multi-polar world

All around the world, nations are seeking ways to escape the tyranny of the US dollar. As Russia discovered the hard way, it is no…

Is there a golden lining to CBDCs?

As our regular readers know, here at Fortune & Freedom we’ve been banging on about the potential threat to your wealth posed by the probable…

Competing currencies aren’t just possible, they’re here already

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about competing currencies and allowing the private sector to provide our money. No doubt most of you…

Searching for gold: Part II

Interest in buying gold appears to be all the rage. As explained in Part I yesterday, the Google search request “How to buy gold” has…

Searching for gold: Part I

When we see the terms “searching” and “gold” together we don’t first think about Google. The perennial search for gold is associated with myth and…

Bitcoin was born in a banking crisis. Will it come of age in one too?

Bitcoin was born in 2009, after decades of work on the idea of cryptographic decentralised currency systems. Its purpose was to provide an alternative to…

The stealth gold bull market

One of the great disappointments of the last three years is gold’s poor performance. The gold price has been trending sideways since the middle of…

The emerging global “oil axis”

Two historic things happened this month. First, Chinese Premier Xi Jinping visited Moscow, in an obvious show of support for Russia in the Ukraine conflict.…

What’s worse than relying on Russian gas and OPEC oil?

We’re all paying the price of relying on Russian gas for our energy. Not to mention the price of laughing at former President Donald Trump…

Everything to play (or fight?) for

As the old adage goes, “Where there is crisis, lies opportunity.” Well, as crises go, few can top a world war. Although the causes of…

Banks fail first, then the energy companies

I for one, don’t see it as a systemic risk to the global banking system. In fact, I suspect this may be a subversive move…

Get used to food shortages… or should I say rationing?

For two years I’ve warned you about food shortages due to Europe’s energy crisis. Now that they’re here, we can all blame… wait for it……

Our man in the gas market knew the truth in September…

Last week, Nigel Farage warned that our energy crisis may only be beginning. But this week, we hear from James Allen, our energy expert at…

Energy, not money, is the building block of prosperity… or poverty

We tend to think about the economy and our own personal economic lives in terms of money. Do we have enough money to afford the…

Why invest in stocks when there’s wine, sneakers, gold, whisky and watches?

I’ve long worried about the financialisation of everything. Every aspect of our lives seems connected to financial markets somehow. These days, retailers seem to be…

The top 10 reasons why fiat money is superior to gold

Gold’s slow-motion comeback as money rapidly accelerated in 2022. Ghana announced it is looking to buy oil with its gold instead of using US dollars.…

Why gold is a unique investment (and why you need it)

[Note from Nick: With Nigel Farage airborne, and either climate change or poor energy policy wreaking havoc with my local power supply, today’s Fortune &…

The Green Energy Revolution is going the way of the French Revolution

The French Revolution didn’t work out so well. In the end, it merely replaced one despot with another… after some seriously bloody turmoil in between……

The war on physics is not going well. Prepare for blackouts.

Nothing sounds as good as the promises of green energy. But, as the energy policy commentators extraordinaire known as Doomberg like to put it, “In…